Saturday, March 3, 2001, 8:00 p.m.
“Picture This” Pre-concert lecture at 7:00 p.m. in Shriver Auditorium with composer James Grant James Grant: Waltz for Saxophone and Strings David Stambler, alto saxophone James Grant: Symphonic Poem No. 1: Release (world premiere) Narrative for orchestra after LifeLines – a set of 23 platinum prints – by Elizabeth Siegfried
Saturday, December 2, 2000, 8:00 p.m.
“Hymn of Praise” Pre-concert lecture at 7:00 p.m in Shriver Auditorium with Jonathan Palevsky Felix Mendelssohn: Lobgesang, Opus 52 (Hymn of Praise) Elizabeth Knauer, soprano Madeleine Gray, mezzo-soprano Walter Dixon, tenor Johns Hopkins Choral Society David Neal, Director Goucher College Choir, Tom Hall, Director Program notes
Saturday, October 21, 2000, 8:00 p.m.
“Different Facets” Pre-concert lecture at 7:00 p.m. with Max Derrickson, Shriver Auditorium Igor Stravinsky: Firebird Suite (1919 version) Johannes Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-flat Major, Opus 83 Caleb Tsai, piano Program notes
Saturday, April 29, 2000, 8:00 p.m.
“Russian Excursions” Pre-concert lecture at 7:00 p.m. with Max Derrickson Dmitri Shostakovich: Symphony No. 1 in F Minor, Opus 10 Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-flat Minor, Opus 23 Jerry Wong, piano Program notes
Sunday, March 5, 2000, 3:00 p.m.
“Spirit Worlds” Pre-concert lecture at 2:00 p.m. with Jonathan Palevsky Engelbert Humperdinck: Overture to Hansel & Gretel Jean Sibelius: Violin Concerto in D Minor, Opus 47 Qing Li, violin Modest Mussorgsky: Night on Bald Mountain Maurice Ravel: Mother Goose Suite (Ma Mère l’Oye) Program notes
Saturday, December 4, 1999, 8:00 p.m.
“Landscapes” Pre-concert lecture at 7:00 p.m. with composer Mark Lanz Weiser Mark Lanz Weiser: Into the Dark and Darker Cold (libretto by Lia Purpura) Phyllis Bryn-Julson, soprano Antonín Dvorák: Symphony No. 7 in D Minor, Opus 70 Program notes
Saturday, October 23, 1999, 8:00 p.m.
“Contemporaries and Namesakes” Pre-concert lecture at 7:00 p.m. with Prof. Vernon Lidtke, JHU Department of History Luigi Cherubini: Overture from Les deux journées Ludwig Spohr: Concerto No. 2 in E-flat Major, Opus 57 Elisabeth Ganter, clarinet Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 5 in C Minor, Opus 67 Program notes
Saturday, May 1, 1999, 8:00 p.m.
“Symphony Firsts” Pre-concert lecture at 7:00 p.m. with Russell Steinberg Russell Steinberg: Symphony No. 1 (“City Strains”) Johannes Brahms: Symphony No. 1 in C Minor, Opus 68 Program Notes
Sunday, March 7, 1999, 3:00 p.m.
“Spring Stirrings” Pre-concert lecture at 2:00 p.m. with Charles Dempsey, Ph.D., JHU Department of Art History Edvard Grieg: Two Elegiac Melodies Ottorino Respighi: Trittico Botticelliano Igor Stravinsky: Petrouchka (1947 Version) Program Notes
Saturday, December 5, 1998, 8:00 p.m.
“Opus Opera!” Pre-concert lecture at 7:00 p.m. with Jonathan Palevsky Giuseppe Verdi: Overture to Nabucco Giuseppe Verdi: Act I from La Traviata Carla DelVillaggio, soprano Richard Crawley, tenor Giuseppe Verdi: Act II from La Traviata Margot Bos Stambler, soprano Fenlon Lamb, mezzo-soprano Program Notes